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Letters Patent No. 68,582, dated September 3, 1867.

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TO WHOM IT-MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. TATE, of Orleans, in the county ofOrange, in the State of Indiana, have invented a. new and valuableMedicine for the cure of fever and ague and other bilious diseases; andI do hereby declare that the following is '0. full, clear, and exactdescription of the said medicine, and the method of preparing the same.

The nature of my invention and discovery consists in extracting theessential properties of the burs of the herb calledArctium, or burdock,and combining them with spirits or" lavender and nlcohoh I make my saidmedicine as follows, namely: I first fill a kettle with the burs of theArctz'um, and water for boiling the same, and subject them to properheat for evaporation, being careful always that the water shall not allbe evaporated, and thereby scorch or burn the contents of the kettle Icontinue to pour in water from time to time, and evaporate the sameuntil the essential properties of the Arctz'um. bars are extracted intoa lye or sirup. I then carefully strain the sirup so obtained into asuitable vessel, and allow it to cool.

After cooling I add one ounce of the spirits of lavender to every sixquarts ofthe sirup, and to the same quantity add one quart of alcohol.The amount of alcohol used is varied to suit the climate in which themedicine is to he used, the alcohol being the means by which themedicine is preserved from fermentation and mould.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- I A medicine composed of the extract of Arctz'ztm burs, combinedwith spirits of lavender and alcohol, substantially as herein specified.

WM. H. TATE.

Witnesses:

F. A. TATE, JACK J. Tun.

